n. 1. dispatch,speed迅速辦理,速度。 △Lr.1.5.4: “Ifyour diligence be not speedy,I shall be there afore you.”如果你差事趕辦得不快,我會比你先到那里。 2. assiduity (esp. in service) 殷勤,小心。 △Ham.5.2.95 (91): “I will receive it,sir,with all diligence of spirit.”我愿聞命,先生,當(dāng)洗耳恭聽。